grace note - An extra note for embellishment, not necessary for the harmony or melody. absolute music, abstract music, pure music - Absolute music (abstract music, pure music) is music for its own sakeâconcerned only with structure, melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Atrophic Pancreas. Atrophic pancreas is the wasting away of the pancreas usually from chronic pancreatitis or CP. CP is further defined as an inflammatory disease that is advanced and described by permanent morphologic changes and gradual formation of excessive fibrous tissue replacement of the gland.
Atrophic kidney is the term used to describe the shrinking of the kidney; the shrinking can be in one or both of the kidneys. The size of the kidney can affect its function. When you find one kidney or both kidneys shrinking, it is an indication of the dysfunction of the kidneys. When a kidney shrinks, the condition may lead to uraemia or renal insufficiency. At the start of atrophic kidney, the patient does not exhibit any symptoms; it is only when the function goes below 50% when one begins to feel the effects.